Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Hell no. At least BJ can sing and play and his music reflected the times.

However, that guy from Rush who should be shot for ever singing outside the privacy of his shower is an abomination against God.

p(yeah, bring it on Rush fans)j

I have your back on this one.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Don't get me started on Sabbath, lest I start discussing the much underrated "Technical Ectasy" LP.

not7yS

Please God, no.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by evenodds
They were so innovative that some of their stuff might seem trite if you came upon it after their idiom was coopted.

Only a fool would say that.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
I loathed Steely Dan until I was about 26. Then, someone whose musical opinions I highly respect, suggested I give them a fresh listen. It was a revelation to me how much I enjoyed them.

Their lyrics are biting and their arrangements are so damn precise. Great, great stuff.

And if you buy the boxed set - you get all their albums [save the 2 recent ones] on 4 CDs

not7y(are you with me Doctor Wu)S

My SO loves Steely Dan. Raves even. I've never listened to much of their stuff, but I did get major brownie points for the fact that Hey Nineteen was my first 45 purchase. Of course if you look at some of the other stuff that constituted early purchases, that was more of an anomoly than a display of sophisticated music preferences.

Actually during my 45-buying days, I was really into that Who song You Better You Bet, so I went to the record store, but I couldn't remember who sang it, and I didn't know the name of the song, so I accidently purchased Climax Blues Band song I Love You (not even close, I know). Hopefully a penny of my misguided purchase made it to the good folks at the Climax Blues Band, I'm sure they could use some cash right about now.

n(when I say "I love you" you say you better)cs

[notcasesensitive]

From realityblurred --

A fight with an agent last Thursday left Sharon Osbourne with "a dislocated jaw, chipped tooth and sprained neck," MTV News reports. The Osbournes star appeared Tuesday on Celebrity Justice to discuss the incident, and the program featured "two witnesses who support Osbourne's claim that Tab was the one who hit first," according to MTV.

n(would have been better if it turned into a foodfight)cs

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by spookyfish
That was a flat out horrible era for songs. The early to mid-70's with the exception of what certain groups that carried on from the 60's, like the Stones, the Who and the Kinks were doing, was a vast wasteland of overproduced corporate bullshit rock, along with the happy balladeer Jims (Croce and Taylor, though JT was pretty strung out at the time) and some really bad crossover country (Kenny Rogers and Charlie Rich or Convoyyyyy!, anyone?).

I was just a kid, but I remember suffering through what I consider was the death-knell of AM radio. Please don't remind me again.

Upon further review, it also reminds me of perhaps the worst, and certainly the longest song, ever. American Pie (The Day the Music Died) by Don McLean. How anybody could like that piece of shit is beyond me.

spookyfish

This is the part where I confess to having an unaccountable and enduring fondness for Niel Diamond, who was fairly successful in that period.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Fleetwood Mac is hardly overrated. Overplayed - most definitelty - but overrated?

Ask any guitar player and they will tell you how underrated Lindsay is. Same thing for Mick's drumming.

Secondly, anyone discussing Mac needs to include their long, long history prior to the Lindsay/Stevie era beginning in 1975, including their Chicago blues records with Peter Green. Phenomenal stuff.

Don't get me started on Sabbath, lest I start discussing the much underrated "Technical Ectasy" LP.

not7yS

Don't get me wrong. I like Fleetwood Mac, and as much as I like Rumours, I still think they are overrated, whereas there are many deserving bands that have been shut out of the HOF voting to date. I'm using that as my measure, since that was the original point of my post in discussing the HOF as one measure of "greatness".

Don't like that example? How about the Doors? I like them, but they are overrated. Their best songs were written by Robbie Krieger. Morrison's overblown, halluciongenic, sophomoric poetry was largely a joke and most people who liked his stuff were too stoned to realize it sucked.

You can have great bands that don't have great musicians, and you can have great musicians that together, don't make a great band. The Velvets, for example, weren't great musicians, but they were a fucking awesome band.

Lindsey Buckingham is a great player. You are probably right in saying he is underrated. Mick's drums are usually so far down in the mix, I can't speak to whether he is great or not. I think he's servicable, but he doesn't do much for me.

I know it's probably blasphemy to say so, buy you can be great and still be overrated. Case in point, Clapton. Great player, but completely overrated. For my money, Carlos Santana, Hendrix and Zappa, just to mention a few, completely kick his ass, as far as rock guitarists go, and there are a plethora of far lesser known blues players who standing side by side, would completely smoke him.

This is why I love music. Everybody has an opinion, sometimes a very strong one, and no one is wrong. They might be unpopular, but not necessarily wrong.

spookyfish

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Where in DC can I find a title 9 sports bra? I just tried on some Nike stuff and I still bounce. My tits are killing me.

and its "smoke on water" not "smoke on the water", ozzie.

The only retail store for Title 9 is in Berekely. Otherwise, you have to rely on catalogue and website.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
This is the part where I confess to having an unaccountable and enduring fondness for Niel Diamond, who was fairly successful in that period.

Me too. Other musical confessions include Tom Jones.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Me too. Other musical confessions include Tom Jones.

I believe the full name for that act is Tom and his Jones.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Me too. Other musical confessions include Tom Jones.

Tom Jones is sort of "kitschy-cool". You gotta respect any guy who has panties thrown at him when he's on stage, and uses them to wipe his sweaty brow. Although as far as singers go, I would put him in the same catagory as another tarzan-yeller, Michael Bolton, albeit with much more soul.

One of the funniest things I ever saw was an old clip of his variety show where he was singing "Everyday People" with Sly and the Family Stone. If you haven't seen it, you are missing out.

spookyfish

[robustpuppy]

originally posted by paigowprincess I can remember one frat guy and I hooked up and he had this mix tape designed to put women in the mood and I think that song may have been on it (wow do I wish I had stolen that eighties piece of memoriabilia). . . I pray to god that I was smart enough not to bang this guy.

Was the tape called "Getting Over Tunage"? If so, I think you banged my college boyfriend's frat brother.

I am a long-time listen err reader and have enjoyed the back and forth regarding the varying musical tastes amongst the regulars. I find it odd, however, that NOBODY HAS SAID DIDDLEY ABOUT ZEPPLIN (and don't say they are overrated because that just won't fly).

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by bilmore
But, I was listening to the same stuff you just listed, and I was listening to it on the radio. Was it just that, if you couldn't spell "FM", you were toast?

Yes. AM was the nasty. All the good music was being played on FM. Surely you remember? Or were you senile back then, too?

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Actually, I think Who's Next is terribly overrated.

Next Guess!

I'm thinking you're talking about Sticky Fingers. Which still carries in its grooves the all-time greatest sax break in rock n' roll.